Vehicle-tire.



No. 669,692., Patanted Mar. I2, I90". M. HARLOE.

VEHICLE TIRE.

(Application filed Oct. 27, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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MORTON I-IARLOE, OF HAWLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO YVILTON S. BLOES, OF PECKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

VEHICLE-TIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming oart of Letters Patent No. 669.692, dated March 12, 1901.

Application filed October 27, 1900- Serial No. 34,620. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: scoped, so as to form a substantially continu- Be it known thatl, MORTON HARLOE, a citious circular tube, with the inner side open zen of the United States, residing at Hawley, and being capable of being closed by the rubin the county of Wayne and State of Pennber strip 2 or a substitute for it, as 2 in Fig. 55 sylvania, have invented certain new and use 5. The metal of the tube 3 is swaged or fill Improvements in Vehicle-Tires, of which hooked over at its edges 4: 4, thus constructthe following is a specification, reference being a pair of lips or flanges extending-around ing had therein to the accompanying drawthe wheeland adapted to rest against the rim ings. aforesaid, so as to present a round smooth 60 i0 This invention relates to tires for road-vesurface to the rubber. The metal tube is hicles-such as bicycles, automobiles, and adapted to be incased in a tough rubber or horse-carriages-and has for its objects to leather shoe 5, which is also a continuous provide an inflatable non-puncturable tire, tubular piece and incloses the metallic tube A to increase the resiliency, to unite metallic aforesaid on all of the sides except next to the 65 and rubber tubesin the construction of such rim, its edges extending into and terminattires, andother objects, as are more fully ing within the hooked-over portions 4 4' of pointed out in the claims. the metallic rim. The fabric from which the To this end the invention consists of the shoe is constructed is thinned down on the 4 construction, arrangement, and combination side and lies closely against the metal with- 70 of the several parts illustrated in the accomin the hooked portion 4:, and is adapted to panying drawings, in whichbe secured therein by booking on top of it Figure 1 shows a side elevation of a part of the lapped-over portion 6 of the rubber strip a vehicle-wheel on which my tire is used. 2. Between the metallic inner tube and the Fig. 2 is a viewin cross-section taken on the shoe the space is filled with any suitable 75 line 00 00 of Figs 1. Fig. 3 is a view in crossspringy material, as cork,which maybe placed section taken on the line y y of Fig. 2 and in in strips cut to conform to the space, or it showing the construction of the tire atajoint. may be filled from cork shavings or chips Fig. 4 is ageneral view of a section of my tire, packed into a suitable incasement and fitted showing the construction wherein the metallic into the space, the object of it being to pro- 80 3o tube is not lapped and also showing the sevduce a tread, so as to protect the inner meeral laminae of rubber, cork, and metal which tallic tube from indentations by pebbles, enter into the construction of the'tire. Fig. sharp stones, and the like in the road. At the 5 shows a substitute method of closing the joint where the metallic tube laps a strip of metallic part of the tire where it is adapted rubber '7 is cemented securely to the inner 85 to insert the same into the common form of surface of the metallic tube, extending over hose-pipe tire now in use. the joint, as particularly shown in Figs. 2 and Similar characters of reference denote like 3, which expose longitudinal and transverse and corresponding parts throughout the sevcross-sections, respectively, of the said ruberal views. ber strip. There is no objection to extending 9o 40 In the drawings, 1 designates the usual conthe rubber strip 7 entirely around the inner cave rim of a wheel to which the tire is adaptside of the metallic tube, and where the tube ed to be fitted and may be constructed from is constructed with several joints it may be wood or metal, as desired. found preferable to so extend the rubberstrip.

2 is acircular rubber strip adapted to form The essential feature of the strip is that it 5 the attachment of the tire to the rim and also covers the joint from within and has its edges to close the edges of the main portion of the extending under the lips or hooksei l, so that tire, which is constructed principally from a the pressure brought on its edges when inflainetallic tubular ring or band 3, extending tion is made will make a pcrfectair-tightjoint. clear around the wheel and having its ends The ends of the strip are cemented to the in- 100 telescoping, or it may be constructed in sevner surface of the metallic tube, so as also to oral sections having their several ends telemake an air-tight joint. The dashed lines in Fig. 4 show the limitsof the strip, while the dotted lines in that figure show the inner limit of the telescoped end of the metallic tube. In Fig. 3 the telescoped ends of the metallic tube are shown in dashed lines and the .rubber strip in full lines. After the rubber sealing-strip 7 is secured to the necessary portion or portions of the inner tube the lap 6 is hooked into the hook 4t and may be thoroughly cemented there, if desired. It will, however, form an air-tight joint without cement when it is inflated on the rim, but will not bear inflation when not placed on the rim. When the substitute form in Fig. 5 is used, the sealing-strip 7 is applied, and then the strip 2 is applied and cemented to both edges of the metallic tire the entire distance around, sealingit completely. In the substitu to form the hooks t 4 are dispensed with and the inn'er metallic tube is left plain or has its edges slightly curved up, as shown at 9.

In attaching the tires to the rim the inner edges of the metallic tube and parts connected with it are bent inwardand upward and the tube stretched until it will pass over the lips 10 10 of the riin. When placed in the trough of the rim, the nipple 8 extending through and opening in the rim, the tire is ready for inflation by the usual air-pump to be attached to the nipple 8. Asinflation proceeds the pressure of the air within pressing outward equally on the walls of the metallic tubecompresses the hooks 4 4 downward and outward against the rim, completely sealing the joint by pressing the u nder round sides of the metallic hooks against the rubber strip 2 or, if the substitute form is used, by pressing simply the edges of the metallic tube against the rubber strip 2. In adjusting the tire to the rim by inflation the ends of the metallic tube slide upon themselves until they reach a point where the pressure of the shoe from the outside and the pressure on the rim on the inside are about equal, and for this purpose provision for the sliding or telescoping of the ends is made in the vicinities shown between the dotted and'dashed lines, as shown in Fig. 3, the cork filling being adapted to be compressed or stretched to accommodate itself to the contracting or stretching of the metallic tube and the rubber strip likewise being adapted to adjust itself so as to keep the joint continually sealed whether-the metallic tubes are drawn farther apart or telescoped closer. By this construction I have a complete inflatable tire with a continuous metallic lining non-puncturable by the usual pins, tacks, nails, and the like, as the metal from which the metallic tube .is made may be of the hardest and toughest steel.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r 1. As anew article of manufacture theherein-described vehicle-tire comprising an inner metallic tube having telescoping ends, a sealing-strip of rubber adapted to cover the joint at said telescoping ends, a padding of cork or other suitable springy material adapted to surround said metallic tube, and a tubular shoe or incasement adapted-to incase the said metallic tube with surrounding springy material aforesaid, in combination with means for attaching the whole to a rim of a vehiclewheel, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with an inflatable vehicle-tire, a metallic tubular lining adapted to be inserted within the said inflatable tire, the said tubular lining being constructed with a telescoping joint, and the said joint being adapted to be sealed by a rubber strip having its edges cemented to the telescoping parts at lines distant from the edges of the metallic joint whereby contraction and expansion of u the joint is permitted without-.unsealing or disconnecting the rubber strip, substantially as specified.

3. In a vehicle-tire, the combination with the concave rimof a vehicle of a pliable tubular shoe provided with an inner layer of springy soft material, and the interior of said tubular shoe'being further provided with a non-puncturable metallic-casing having telescoping joints, and a rubber strip adapted to seal said joints soas to make them air-tight when the tire is inflated; and the said tire when in flated adapted to hold the edges of the metallic tube and the shoe aforesaid against the rim of the vehicle aforesaid so as to form an air-tight joint, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORTON HARLOE.

Witnesses:

D. G. MORAN, M. M. MORAN. 

